Christmas Entrance Table

I love changing this table out with the seasons. 

Whereas last year I went with bold colors, this year I opted for metalics and more natural elements.

Lots of shine.

Lots of sparkle.

Everything's all aglow.

Just in time for Christmas!

Halloween Entrance Table

I love changing holidays and seasons, because they mean changing my decor.  This table always changes.

Halloween also just so happent to be one of my favorite holidays.  And cats just so happens to be my favorite animal.

Fall berries, tied with muslin, nesting inside a thrifted Oneida gravy boat.

A mason jar of popcorn kernals and white beans holds a tealight.

Dry moss and a wire pumpkin in a small galvanized metal bucket.

Hapy Halloween!

Thoughts of Summer--An Entrance Table

Green grass, petunias, ocean breezes.  I love summertime.

The only part of my home that absolutely without question gets a regular seasonal makeover is my entrance table.

Here she is all ready for summer.

The pops of grass green here are what really reminds me of the warm season at its finest.

Here is a summery trinket tray. (It's also in my Etsy shop!)

A little metal bucket from Hobby Lobby. It's filled with packets of vegetable seeds (how about that for cheap, use-what-you-have-lying-around decorating!).

Silk tulips (from PB a million years ago when I worked there), and a framed bulb graphic from The Graphics Fairy.

One of my favorite silver platters, a topiary, and my trash-to-treasure apothecary jar.

Here is an adorable toile bird I found on sale at Hobby Lobby.

I just love this little faux mercury glass jar I found at Tuesday Morning.

Long, warm days are ahead!

In addition to the parties on my Blog Parties tab, I'm linking to:
Feathered Nest Friday
Show and Tell Friday
Vintage Inspiration Friday

Signs of Spring--An Entrance Table

After the opulence of Christmas and the overwhelming sweetness of Valentine's, I'm ready for a refreshing spring entrance table....

A fresh white tray, a yellow Vera Bradley plate, and a bluebird plaque, neatly stacked, all atop a green burlap and yellow toile runner.

Silk tulips in a metal tin (from back when I worked at PB, those were the days!), and a framed-with-toile bird egg print from The Graphics Fairy.

I removed the lid from my DIY apothecary jar and filled it with moss.

Happy Spring!




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Valentine's Entrance Table

What can help cut through the bleak, gray days that follow the bright cheer of Christmas?

Valentine's sweetness!

This is my Valentine's entrance table....

It's the one area of my home that is always updated for each holiday.  I usually enjoy subtle holiday decore, so I went with neutrals and pinks to give it a Valentine's essence.



A few delicate pretties go on the pink toile wooden tray that I made over the holidays.

A small white pitcher, creamy hydrangeas, old books, and a white birdcage tealight holder.....

A creamy French flower bucket, pink and white flowers, the Valentine button art I made here, and a homemade apothecary jar. (What should I fill it with??)

XOXO!

(P.S. I'm linking this up to Under the Table and Dreaming, Treasures and Trinkets Thursday, and Somewhat Simple.)

Christmas Entrance Table

Here is my Christmas entrance table!

There are quite a few things on the Christmas version that were there for the "normal" version, like the platter and B initial plaque (newlyweds....rental house....one income....not a lot of cash to throw around on an elaborate entrance table makeover!)

This is the everyday version.

I kept the little stack of favorite books (including the one with the burlap cover I made a few weeks ago).

I also kept the shabby white tin vase, except I replaced the orange hydrangea with white and added a holiday stem.

I "borrowed" a little clay pitcher we got on our honeymoon in Costa Rica from its home on our bookcase and filled it with festive stems.

The cloth is a napkin I got months ago on sale at Pier One.  The platter is one of the trinket trays I have been making.  I filled it with a little holiday this-and-that.

Here is a candle I made using some double-sided tape and glitter. The plate was $.50 a Goodwill (and my mama used to have dishes like that!).

Merry and bright!